About to give up

powerstrokenstang · Jan 11, 2012

Got my roller rockers on last night and started my engine on the stand and ran it about an hour. Did the hot retorque and got it fired back up and it was makin a strange pop noise out the intake. I just figured i got a push rod out of place so pulled the vc off only to find milk everywhere. Ran about 1-2 min after the retorque and put about a half gallon of water in the oil and none was coming out the exhaust. I have not pressurized it to check yet but i just dont get it, it was fine before the retorque. On another topic why do we even need a hot retorque? No one i know retorques fire rings on their tractors and some have even reused the rings.

Chvyrkr · Jan 11, 2012

Sucks man. Let us know what you find.

co04cobra · Jan 11, 2012

Hang in there man. Youve got several months before season . You will get it all ironed out. At least its on a stand and you dont have to pull it back out of the truck.

Hotrodtractor · Jan 11, 2012

Ouch.... let us know where the oil and water are mixing.... maybe its something simple and not detrimental to the build.

Charles · Jan 11, 2012

If you've got it out of the truck.... I would investigate all the things associated with firing it that way before I looked inside the engine. Did you mess with anything like front cover, oil cooler or anything?

powerstrokenstang · Jan 11, 2012

Me too. No didn mess w that stuff and have oilcooler deleted.

Dieselboy. · Jan 11, 2012

That sucks. I know how you feel. Mine has been a constant battle with my transmission and oil leak.

powerstrokenstang · Jan 11, 2012

Block busted around a head bolt hole. Now part it all out or take another kick in the nuts and spend all the money on another block. Anyone care to sponsor me w a done up block and put it together would be great.

Derek@Vision Diesel · Jan 11, 2012

powerstrokenstang said:
Block busted around a head bolt hole. Now part it all out or take another kick in the nuts and spend all the money on another block. Anyone care to sponsor me w a done up block and put it together would be great.

Wow i dont think ive heard of that happening too often, what number were you using for the retorque?

Big Bore · Jan 11, 2012

powerstrokenstang said:
Block busted around a head bolt hole. .

Damn man, any idea on the cause? OBS or SD block? What kind of machine work was done to the block?

powerstrokenstang · Jan 11, 2012

125, yes lower than called for. That hole,under an injector, has a steel insert all the other bolt holes have double helicoils basically is a worthless soft block. Its a late model obs. Decked, 30 over, line hone for girdle, filled, half grooves for fire rings lol just the basics.

Derek@Vision Diesel · Jan 11, 2012

powerstrokenstang said:
125, yes lower than called for. That hole,under an injector, has a steel insert all the other bolt holes have double helicoils basically is a worthless soft block. Its a late model obs. Decked, 30 over, line hone for girdle, filled, half grooves for fire rings lol just the basics.

Ouch man.... Never like seeing that happen!

Big Bore · Jan 11, 2012

Soft block? How does that happen? Anyway to check a block for hardness or have it hardened and avoid that in the future?

Again, just damn man, esp after learning all the work put into it. I have sympathy pains for you man.

JD3020 · Jan 11, 2012

Damn that sucks. I wish i had a built motor to offer ya, but all i have is a stock SD long block. I just hope you keep going with the 7.3, one of my favorite pullers out there!

co04cobra · Jan 11, 2012

Damn, man that does suck. You have any spare blocks at all? If you dont PM or call me I know I can you get you another block cheap.

Derek@Vision Diesel · Jan 11, 2012

Definitely dont give up!!

powerstrokenstang · Jan 11, 2012

I am pretty certain i can get a free sd block. Bad casting i guess. You can have them heat treated. The head ache and work of having to tear it all down and start over is almost worse than the money.

907DAVE · Jan 11, 2012

Damn, I thought you were getting another block.

Derek@Vision Diesel · Jan 11, 2012

So the block you were using was already messed up and repaired at one point? You mentioned helicoils in there

Hotrodtractor · Jan 11, 2012

Strokeorcroak said:
So the block you were using was already messed up and repaired at one point? You mentioned helicoils in there

He apparently had a soft block that seemed to pull the threads out of block for the studs repeatedly - I believe he ended up helicoiling all the threaded holes in the block for the head studs. I could be slightly off on that - but pretty close.